6x-6.4?

2014-01-13 Thread jdow 

I figure this is a stupid question; but, is 6.5 really not ready for prime
time yet? I see that the 6.5 repo tree appears to be open for business. But
6x seems to point to 6.4.

{o.o}   Joanne

Re: 6x-6.4?

2014-01-13 Thread Mark Stodola 

On 01/13/2014 03:08 PM, jdow wrote:

I figure this is a stupid question; but, is 6.5 really not ready for prime
time yet? I see that the 6.5 repo tree appears to be open for business. But
6x seems to point to 6.4.

{o.o}   Joanne


The 6.5 tree is available for testing (BETA 1) as of December 19.  It is 
not officially released.  That means if you install against the 6.5 tree 
at this time, if package fixes occur without version changes, you may 
not get them later.


So, if you are ok wiping the machine after official release and want to 
test, go for it.  If this is for production use, stay with 6.4 for the 
time being.


-Mark

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RE: 6x-6.4?

2014-01-13 Thread Carl Friedberg 
Let me add:

I am a complete newbie, and saw a reference to 6.5

Since everything was there in the tree just like earlier versions, I downloaded 
the 386 iso, burned the DVD and installed. I upgraded the existing 6.4 
installation. I'm just starting to use the machine, so this is no big disaster.

I do have a problem. I had put ATRPMS in my list of repos, and now I get an 
error because yum is looking for  link to el 6.5-i386 , but it is not there (at 
least, not for 32 bit). el6.4-i386 is there, as is el6.5-x86_64.

Is there a way to work around this? I am not using ATRPMS for anything; I 
intend to install mythTV down the road (you can tell the kind of user I am; I' 
ve been thinking about this for  years, but we were given a slingbox)...

My goal now is much simpler: I just want to get owfs running so I can read my 
one thermocouple...

Any help appreciated.

Thanks,

# yum update
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * elrepo: mirror.symnds.com
 * rpmforge: mirror.lug.udel.edu
 * sl: ftp2.scientificlinux.org
 * sl-security: ftp2.scientificlinux.org
 * sl6x: ftp2.scientificlinux.org
 * sl6x-security: ftp2.scientificlinux.org
http://dl.atrpms.net/el6.5-i386/atrpms/stable/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] 
PYCURL ERROR 22 - The requested URL returned error: 404 Not Found
Trying other mirror.
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: atrpms. 
Please verify its path and try again

Carl Friedberg
www.comets.com
carl.friedb...@comets.com
http://about.me/carl.friedberg


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Subject: 6x-6.4?

I figure this is a stupid question; but, is 6.5 really not ready for prime
time yet? I see that the 6.5 repo tree appears to be open for business. But
6x seems to point to 6.4.

{o.o}   Joanne